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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BRAG

(megalaucheo, "proud brags"): Occurs only in the Apocrypha (2 Maccabees 15:32), not being sufficiently dignified to be given a place in the canonical Scriptures by the King James translators (compare Judith 16:5).

Greek

4068. perpereuomai -- to boast
... Cor 13:4). Word Origin from perperos (vainglorious) Definition to boast
NASB Word Usage brag (1). brag. Middle voice from perperos ...
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Strong's Hebrew

907. bad -- empty, idle talk
... priests (1). liar, lie. From bada'; a brag or lie; also a liar -- liar, lie.
see HEBREW bada'. 906, 907. bad. 908 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Nuremberg Sept. 15, 1530. To the Honorable and Worthy N. , My ...
... Rather we will become their judge and master. We, too, are going to be
proud and brag with these blockheads; and just as St. Paul ...
/.../luther/an open letter on translating/nuremberg sept 15 1530 to.htm

Significant Phrases
... bone and sinew. boundless and unlimited. bourgeois and snobbish. brag and chatter.
bravado and cowardice. brave and chivalrous. breathless and reverential. ...
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The Creation
... Our beginning was of nothing. Some brag of their birth and ancestry; but
how little cause have they to boast who came from nothing. ...
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To-Morrow
... Let a man brag as he will, he is none the greater for his bragging; nay,
he is the less for men invariably think the worse of him. ...
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To-Morrow
... Let a man brag as he will, he is none the greater for his bragging; nay,
he is the less, for men invariably think the worse of him. ...
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Sun and Wind
... head.". Usually it is the weak people who bluster like the northwind, and
storm and brag. Strong people are usually quiet. There ...
/.../chidley/fifty-two story talks to boys and girls/sun and wind.htm

Empedocles Increased the Absurdity of Pythagoras by Developing the ...
... hero, declares in so many words: "I once was Thamnus, and a fish." Why not rather
a melon, seeing that he was such a fool; or a cameleon, for his inflated brag ...
/.../a treatise on the soul/chapter xxxii empedocles increased the absurdity.htm

Walamir and St. Telemachus
... stands! Tell them at Constantinople that, in spite of the brag of Stilico's
bard, Claudian, we were not beaten at Pollentia. The ...
/.../chapter lix walamir and st.htm

How Pompey when the Citizens of Jerusalem Shut their Gates against ...
... And that this is not a mere brag, or an encomium to manifest a degree of our piety
that was false, but is the real truth, I appeal to those that have written ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 4 how pompey when.htm

To the Philadelphians
... 3I thank my God that in my relations with you I have nothing to be ashamed of. No
one can brag secretly or openly that I was the slightest burden to anyone. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do.

2. (v. t.) To boast of.

3. (n.) A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification.

4. (n.) The thing which is boasted of.

5. (n.) A game at cards similar to bluff.

6. (v. i.) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.

7. (adv.) Proudly; boastfully.

Thesaurus

Brag (6 Occurrences)
... to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk
boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's ...BRAG. ...
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Vaunt (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To boast; to make a vain display of one's own
worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag. ...
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Braided (10 Occurrences)

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Boast (86 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to
give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self ...
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Vapor (6 Occurrences)
... be exhaled; to evaporate. 8. (n.) To emit vapor or fumes. 9. (n.) To talk
idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag. 10. (vt) To send off ...
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Leavened (16 Occurrences)
... Amos 4:5 offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim
free will offerings and brag about them: for this pleases you, you children ...
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Flourish (26 Occurrences)
... 6. (vi) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of
ornament or prelude. 7. (vi) To boast; to vaunt; to brag. ...
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Patient (34 Occurrences)
... NIV). 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy.
Love doesn't brag, is not proud, (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV). 1 ...
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Proud (96 Occurrences)
... God. (See RSV). 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't
envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, (WEB NIV). 2 Corinthians ...
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Babbler (4 Occurrences)
... British and American) CHARMER; lapistes, the King James Version of Ecclesiasticus
20:7; the Revised Version (British and American) BRAG; spermologos; the King ...
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Bible Concordance

Brag (6 Occurrences)

Romans 2:17 Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory in God,
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,
(WEB NAS)

James 4:16 But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 20:11 The king of Israel answered, "Tell him,'Don't let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off."
(WEB)

Isaiah 10:15 Should an axe brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.
(WEB)

Amos 4:5 offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them: for this pleases you, you children of Israel," says the Lord Yahweh.
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Brag

Related Terms

Vaunt (5 Occurrences)

Braided (10 Occurrences)

Boast (86 Occurrences)

Vapor (6 Occurrences)

Leavened (16 Occurrences)

Flourish (26 Occurrences)

Patient (34 Occurrences)

Proud (96 Occurrences)

Babbler (4 Occurrences)